Nailless horseshoe



(No Model.)

Af GRAINGER. NAILLBSS HORSESBOE.

Patented July 21, 1891'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcEo ALFRED GRAIGR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

NAILLESS HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,487', dated July 21, 1891.

Application filed March 18J 1890. Renewed May 26, 1891. Serial lo. 394.096.- (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ALFRED GRAINGER, architect, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, Upper Mitcham, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nailless Ilorseshoes; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its object improvements in nailless horseshoes, and relates to a simple and effective construction whereby the shoe is readily and securely fixed on the hoof and is as readily-removed therefrom.

In carrying my invention into effect I lnake the shoe proper of theordinary form, except that I construct it with a toe-cap of greater upward extension than usual and provide such toe-cap with a lump or projection tapped to receive a screw, as hereinafter described, in addition to which I form the heels of the shoe forked or slotted in a horizontal direction for the purpose hereinafter named. I also preferably form the shoe with side clips. In connection with such a shoe I employ a band or clip which encircles the hoof, the front of which band or clip is placed more or less near the upper part of the hoof, from which point it passes backward in a downward direction to the heels, where it is formed with horizontal inturned webs or lugs to fit into the forked or slotted heels of the shoe, such webs or lugs having' each a liange on the inner edge to prevent their springing out of the slots or forks at the heels of the shoe. I also form the shoe-heels and the interfitting parts of the band or, clip somewhat tapered or Wedge-shaped to enable the heels of the baud or clip to be readily placed in position in the slotted heels of the shoe. The front of the band or clip has a lump or enlargement thereon, which is perforated for the passage therethrough of the screw hereinbefore referred to, which screws into the before-mentioned lump or projection on the toe-cap of the shoe while the head of suoli screw takes a bearing in or on the top of the lump or proj ection on the band or clip, The band or clip rests in front on the toe-cap, and it is comparatively narrow at such part and gradually into effect, I willproceed, aided by the accolnpanying drawings, more fully to describe the saine.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a side view, of a nailless horseshoe constructed according to my invention and represented as it would appear when lixed on a horses hoof. Fig. 3 isa plan of the same, but shown apart from the hoof. Fig. 4- is a rear View of the band or clip and ixing-screw separately. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the shoe separately, and Fig. G is a section on the lin-e 1 l of Fig. 3.

ct is the shoe proper, which maybe made of any ordinary or suitable form, except that I construct it with a toe-cap o of greater upward extension than usual and provide such toe-cap with a lump or projection a2, tapped to receive a screw l). I also forni it with side clips (0*, in addition to which I form horizontal slots ai in the heels. In connection with such a shoe I employ a thin metallic band or clip c, which encircles the hoof, the front of which band or clip c is, whenl in position, more or less near the upper part of the hoof, from which point it passes backward in a downward direction to the heels, where it is formed with horizontal inturned webs or lugs e to fit into the spaces o3 of the forked or slotted heels of the shoe, such webs or lugs c having each a fiange c2 on the inner edge to prevent their springing out of the slots or spaces as at the heels of the shoe a, and they are formed by bending the rear end of each section of the clip c inward, horizontally, and then upward. I also form the shoe-heels and the interfitting parts of the rear or heels of the band or clip c tapered or wedge-shaped, as will be seen on reference to Fig. 3, to enable the heels of the band or clip c to be readily placed in position in the slots orspaces (t3 in the heels of the shoe. The band or clip c is preferably made in two parts jointed totherethrough of the screw 1),Which latter' screws into the tapped lump or projection a2 on the toe-cap a of the shoe, while the head of such screw b takes a bearing in or on the lump or enlargement c3. The band or clip c i rests in front, preferably on the toe-cap a', and it is comparatively narrow at such part, but gradually widens toward the heels in'order to obtain a larger bearing-surface at such parts of the hoof. By turning the screw b in one direction the band or clip cis made more or less to approach the shoe a, thereby firmly clipping it ont-o the hooi", while by turning the screw in the contrary direction the band or clip c and the shoe may be separated from each other and from the hoof. It desired, a binding-screw b may be used at or toward each side of the shoe and clip instead of employing only one in the center of the front of the hoof, as shown in the drawings,i`n which case the extended central toecap will be dispensed with and other caps will be placed in 'suitable position to receive such screws.

Having fully described my invention, What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent The combination of the shoe having an elongated toe-cap and horizontal slots in its heels, a clip having a perforated lug in front and its rear ends being bent inward horizontally, so as to form the Webs c', and then turned upward to Jform the flanges c2, said Webs being adapted to be inserted in said slots, and a screw passing through said lug and connecting the clip with the toe-cap, substantially as set forth.

ALFRED GRAINGER.

WVit-nesses:

B. J. B. MILLS,

CLAUDE K. MILLS,

Both of 23 Southampton Buildings. 

